Following a period of rapid expansion, Inclusion Scotland is now looking to appoint someone to a new post that will
provide staff, planning and other support to help ensure we implement good practice and have good, strong
internal systems in place. This critically important role would suit someone with a background in human
resources or similar, with experience of setting up and administering organisational systems and policies.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic User Involvement Officer to join our award winning organisation! This
role is based in Edinburgh, and will involve regular travel across Edinburgh, Falkirk and the Lothians.

The purpose of this newly created role is to help promote the engagement and participation of service users and their
families across all levels of The Action Group and to enable our service users to become more involved in The
Action Group's operations.

You will be responsible for increasing representation and ‘voice’ for those who may find it difficult to engage, and
so knowledge and experience of the emotional and practical difficulties faced by our service users is
essential.

Your collaborative and outgoing nature will be helpful in building and maintaining strong and meaningful
relationships across all levels of the organisation; and you will share The Action Group’s values, especially
surrounding confidentiality.

Working in partnership with the Communications Officer, you will be involved in developing online engagement and
communication; and you will be instrumental in facilitating new and existing communication groups and forums for
our service users and their families.

You will work closely with the Quality Team to ensure policies and paperwork are user-focussed and accessible; and
your involvement with the HR Team will be key in shaping the recruitment function to be more person-centred and
inclusive of our service users.

As a socially confident and engaging person, you will be highly involved in user-facing communication events such as
conferences and connect events, and you will assist representatives of The Action Group to attend networks and
forums of interest across the sector and in wider society.

A familiarity with non-verbal communication tools such as Talking Mats and Easy Read are advantageous, and experience
in working with people with additional support needs is essential.

We are looking for 2 Health and Wellbeing Practitioners to support the Wellbeing service across Midlothian.

The Wellbeing service offers person centred, holistic support for people with or at higher risk of long term
conditions. The Health and Wellbeing practitioners work in small teams based across GP practices in Midlothian
to support a holistic supported self-management service for people with long term condition(s) and support the
development of peer support within the service.

The main purpose of this role would be to:

Use a strengths based personal outcomes approach to help people referred to the service identify and access
appropriate support for them to self manage.

Manage a caseload of people referred to the
service

As appropriate provide one-to-one and group based support for people using the Wellbeing
service

To appropriately support people to access other services that would support their
self-management journey. To provide an outreach service for the Health and Wellbeing team to engage hard to
reach clients with the service

To support volunteers/paid peer supporters who have lived experience of
long term conditions into volunteer/ peer roles to support the Wellbeing team

To monitor and report on
own work as per agreed monitoring tools and to highlight areas of concern and areas of success

To
contribute to the organisational strategy and associated key performance indicators by participating in team
meetings as required

Create meaningful and useful cross-referral links with local leaders and contacts
in health, local authority, voluntary and community organisations.

To support the Wellbeing team’s work
to provide timely access to the service in Midlothian.

Do you have a proven record of delivering services to people with physical and mental health problems who experience
significant psychosocial barriers? Do you have excellent group work skills? Are you able to manage multiple
tasks? If you do, then we would like to hear from you!

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

Support for Ordinary Living (SOL) are currently recruiting for a Team Leader. The role holder will assist each person
we support to identify their goals and work with them to achieve positive outcomes in their lives. The Team
Leader will also work with various support teams to ensure we have a well-trained and motivated workforce and
ensure their support teams are fully compliant with SOL's regulatory bodies. The successful candidate will
also conduct out of hours on call duties on a rotational basis for your allocated area.

· Are you compassionate?

· Are you a good listener?

· Do you have leadership qualities?

· Are you flexible?

· Do you want to work for a values-led organisation?

· Do you believe people should be supported to choose and create a life for themselves within their own home and
communities?

If so we have the position for you!

On top of this, you will also get to work with a tremendous team that will help you every step of the way!